METHOD OF COLLECTION, CLASSIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF SAMPLES CONTAINING STEM CELLS

摘要

A method of collection, classification and conservation of stem cells comprises the following steps: taking a sample of organic material by continuously maintaining a total microbiological, atmospheric and physical isolation between a sampling volume, the sample and a collection portion wherein the sample is confined, manipulating said sample under sterility conditions by an isolator apparatus, for determining a presence and/or an amount and/or developing capabilities of stem cells trapped in. said sample and preserving the sample; the steps of taking the sample, manipulating the sample and preserving the sample are performed on a sample comprising at least a portion of organic tissue wherein stem cells are trapped in and are also performed on the sample in its entirety, without separating the stem cells from the portion of organic tissue.